**About the Editors**

#### **Andrei Blinov**

Andrei Blinov received an M.Sc. degree in electrical drives and power electronics and a Ph.D. degree, with a dissertation devoted to the research into switching properties and performance improvement methods for high-voltage IGBT-based dc–dc converters, from Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, in 2008, and 2012, respectively. After his Ph.D. studies, he spent two years in Sweden working as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He is currently a Senior Researcher with the Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology. His research interests are research into switch-mode power converters, new semiconductor technologies, and energy storage systems.

#### **Sheldon Williamson**

Sheldon Williamson received his Bachelors of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical Engineering with high distinction from University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, in 1999. He received a Master's of Science (M.S.) degree in 2002, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree (with Honors) in 2006, both in Electrical Engineering, from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, specializing in automotive power electronics and motor drives, at the Grainger Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory. Currently, Dr. Williamson is a Professor at the Smart Transportation Electrification and Energy Research (STEER) group, within the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering, at Ontario Tech University, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He also holds the prestigious NSERC Canada Research Chair position in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification. His main research interests include advanced power electronics and motor drives for transportation electrification, electric energy storage systems, and electric propulsion. Prof. Williamson is a Fellow of the IEEE.
